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1. pshero
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Hey Gang,
   I'm hoping to get some coding help here. I'm not bad at manipulating PHP, but I'm crap at writing it, so I'm hoping someone with a little extra time and a generous spirit can help me out.

   I've got an Archive template which calls each category in alphabetical order followed by it's associated posts. My code looks like this:

   <?php $cats = get_categories("hierarchical=0"); ?>
   
   <?php if($cats != NULL) { ?>
   		<ul>
   		<?php foreach ($cats as $cat) { ?>
   			<li>
   
   			<?php if($cat != NULL) {
   				$base_url = get_bloginfo('home') . "/category/" . $cat->slug; ?>
   				<h3><a href="<?php echo $base_url?>"><?php echo $cat->cat_name?></a></h3>
   			<?php } ?>
   
   			<?php // Show category description
   				if ($cat->category_description != NULL) ?>
   					<p><?php echo $cat->category_description ?></p>
   
   				<?php $myposts = get_posts("category=$cat->cat_ID"); ?>
   				<ul>
   				<?php foreach($myposts as $post) : ?>
   					<li><?php the_time('M d') ?>. <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   				<?php endforeach; ?>
   				</ul>
   			</li>
   	<?php } ?>
   		</ul>
   <?php } ?>

   But now I've created categories which I want to exclude from this list but have absolutely no idea where to begin.

   Thanks a million (in advance) for any help you can provide. Like I said, I'm no good at writing php syntax, so if you could give a code example that would be infinitely helpful.

   Thanks!

2. pshero
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   For those of you who want to know how to do this too, I've spent hours pouring over the wp codex to finally come up with a solution.

   Using the code above, switch out this line
   <?php $cats = get_categories("hierarchical=0"); ?>

   With this:
   <?php $cats = get_categories('orderby=name&exclude=13'); ?>

   And if you want to exclude more than one category simply separate them with a comma. (ie 'orderby=name&exclude=13,6,29')

   I hope this helps someone else!

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